91 Quotes by Machado de Assis

Los locos de amor eran tres o cuatro, pero sólo les resultaban asombrosos por la curiosa índole de su delirio.

هر دوره زندگی چاپ جدیدی است که چاپ قبلی را تصحیح می‌کند و خودش هم در چاپ بعدی تصحیح می‌شود، تا برسد به چاپ متن نهایی که ناشر به کرم ها تقدیم میکندش.

In ordinary life, the action of a third party does not free the contractor from an obligation; but the advantage of making a contract with heaven is that intentions are valid currency.

Era refratário às lágrimas; por isso mesmo padecia mais.

Till now, madness has been thought a small island in an ocean of sanity. I am beginning to suspect that it is not an island at all but a continent.

A man's eye serves as a photography to the invisible, as well as his ear serves as echo to the silence.

Nothing could have been more imprudent or more natural than this reply. It reflected the ecstasy inspired by great crises.

,,,we forget our good actions only slowly, and in fact never truly forget them.

Tijolos que pisei e repisei naquela tarde, colunas amareladas que me passastes à direita ou à esquerda, segundo eu ia ou vinha, em vós me ficou a melhor parte da crise, a sensação de um gozo novo, que me envolvia em mim mesmo, e logo me dispersava, e me trazia arrepios, e me derramava não sei que bálsamo interior